Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/uɸerkrets
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This Proto-Celtic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence. |
Proto-Celtic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]An *-ets noun from *uɸer- (“over-”) + Proto-Indo-European *ḱreh₁- (“to grow”), literally “overgrowth”; the same root also yielded Latin crēscō (“to grow”).[1]
Noun
[edit]*uɸerkrets m
Inflection
[edit]| Masculine/feminine consonant stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *uɸerkrets | *uɸerkrete | *uɸerkretes |
| vocative | *uɸerkrets | *uɸerkrete | *uɸerkretes |
| accusative | *uɸerkretam | *uɸerkrete | *uɸerkretams |
| genitive | *uɸerkretos | *uɸerkretou | *uɸerkretom |
| dative | *uɸerkretei | *uɸerkretobom | *uɸerkretobos |
| locative | *uɸerkreti | — | — |
| instrumental | *uɸerkrete? | *uɸerkretobim | *uɸerkretobis |
Descendants
[edit]- Proto-Brythonic: *gworgred
- Old Irish: forcraid, forcrith (via i-stem extension *uɸorkreti)
- Middle Irish: forcraid
References
[edit]- ^ Weiss, Michael (2012) “Interesting i-stems in Irish”, in Adam I. Cooper, Jeremy Rau and Michael Weiss, editors, Multi Nominis Grammaticus: Studies in Classical and Indo-European linguistics in honor of Alan J. Nussbaum on the occasion of his sixty-fifth birthday, Ann Arbor, New York: Beech Stave Press, page 351